There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Palma by plane, bus, car ferry, train, ferry, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane DUS - PMI
5h 3m€65–279Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane CGN - PMI
5h 39m€57–316Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Barcelonabus FlixBus N710
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorcacarferry
28h 7m€85–328Train, ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Toulontrain Tgv
- Take the ferry from Port of Toulon to Port d'Alcúdiaferry
- Take the train from Sa Pobla Estació to Estació Intermodaltrain T2
31h 50m€257–632Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Essen to Port de Barcelonacar
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorcacarferry
19h 23m€249–436Fly from Dortmund Airport
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane DTM - PMI
6h 5m€58–236Train to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane FMO - PMI
6h 35m€60–304Train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutztrain Re
- Take the bus from Cologne - Airport Bus Station to Frankfurt - Main Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt - Main Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Stationbus
- Take the car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorcacarferry
33h 28m€118–396
Essen to Palma by bus, foot, subway, and car ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Palma is to train and fly which costs €55 - €320 and takes 5h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Palma is to fly which takes 5h 3m and costs €65 - €280.
The distance between Essen and Palma is 1388 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Palma without a car is to bus and car ferry which takes 28h 7m and costs €85 - €330.
It takes approximately 5h 3m to get from Essen to Palma, including transfers.
There are 1735+ hotels available in Palma.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Palma, Spain?
Condor Flugdienst, Eurowings, and eight other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) 5 times a day.
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €28–230
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- leav.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–260
- Website
- hahnair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- corendonairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Münster Osnabrück International Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Toulon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 971 17 77 77
- Website
- tib.org
Train from Sa Pobla Estació to Estació Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.tib.org/en/inici
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Münster Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Essen central train station to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Cologne - Airport Bus Station to Frankfurt - Main Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €10–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Frankfurt - Main Bus Station to Barcelona - North Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +34 912 66 02 15
- reservas@balearia.com
- Website
- balearia.com
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.balearia.com/en
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port de Palma de Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.trasmed.com/en/
- Phone
- +33(0)495329595
- Website
- corsica-ferries.it
Ferry from Port of Toulon to Port d'Alcúdia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.corsica-ferries.co.uk/
- Passenger Flex Fare
- €55–75
- Passenger & Vehicle Flex Fare
- €100–140
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